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Chargement... The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol. 9: John Ordway and Charles Floydpar John Ordway, Charles Floyd, Charles Floyd, Gary E. Moulton (Directeur de publication), Gary E. Moulton (Directeur de publication)
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The dependable and matter-of-fact John Ordway was one of the mainstays of the Corps of Discovery, promoted early on to sergeant and serving as an able leader during the captains' absence. Fascinated by the peoples and places he encountered, Ordway became the most faithful journalist on the expedition--recording information not found elsewhere and making an entry for every day during the expedition. Ordway later married and became a prosperous owner of two plantations in Missouri. His honest and informative account, which remained undiscovered for a century, offers an unforgettable glimpse of an enlisted man's experiences and observations as he and the Corps of Discovery embarked on the journey of a lifetime. In contrast to Ordway's extensive chronicle stands the far-too-brief but intriguingly detailed eyewitness account of Sergeant Charles Floyd, the only member to die on the expedition. The journals of John Ordway and Charles Floyd are part of the celebrated Nebraska edition of the complete journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which feature a wide range of new scholarship on all aspects of the expedition from geography to Indian cultures and languages to plants and animals. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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First, he is a consistent journalist. He wrote every day, at least a full paragraph. Some entries are much longer. Moulton's notes are a great help in offering clarifying explanations or geographic references to Ordway's explanations.
Ordway is also often willing to take the time to provide more than a cursory entry. He shares his observations in an interesting, descriptive prose. I was particularly impressed by his observations of the weather, such as the cold and snow the Corps encountered in the Three Rivers region, even though it was August.
Floyd is a bit less fun. His entries tended to be much briefer, and the spelling oddities were a bit harder to decode. Some of the entries are longer and descriptive, but many are only a few sentences. ( )